A different type of sight seeing tour

[kunjuppu]

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sharell is a white australian, who one day, packed up from down under, came to india, married an indian and now settled in mumbai.

i read her blog albeit irregularly. her insight of india, is interesting, without arrogance, but with a lot of candor. and always with wonderment and joy. never to mince words, she can be as feisty as any of our mamis, and give it good, for people whom she thinks break the rules - mainly folks who cut in the que or are victims of political apathy.

here is an interesting two hour organized tour of asia's largest slum, that is dharavi. an eye opener this one.

To further dispel any notion of poverty stricken people miserable in squalor, Salman began quoting astonishing numbers to me. In Dharavi, there are a total of 4,902 production units bringing in an annual income of $1 billion USD. They’re divided into:

1039 textiles
932 porters
567 leather
498 embroidery
722 recycling
111 restaurants
Thousands of boutiques.

and this thoughtful ending..with some sombre thoughts from salman khan, who was her tour guide..

Salman chatted to us some more before departing. “My dream is to own an Audi but I know not to rely on that to make me happy. My boss, the tour company owner, told me that I’ll only want something else after a while.”

Ain’t that the truth! There are indeed important life lessons to be learned from visiting Dharavi.

 

[sangom]

/a-real-look-inside-dharavi-slum-in-mumbai

sharell is a white australian, who one day, packed up from down under, came to india, married an indian and now settled in mumbai.

i read her blog albeit irregularly. her insight of india, is interesting, without arrogance, but with a lot of candor. and always with wonderment and joy. never to mince words, she can be as feisty as any of our mamis, and give it good, for people whom she thinks break the rules - mainly folks who cut in the que or are victims of political apathy.

here is an interesting two hour organized tour of asia's largest slum, that is dharavi. an eye opener this one.

To further dispel any notion of poverty stricken people miserable in squalor, Salman began quoting astonishing numbers to me. In Dharavi, there are a total of 4,902 production units bringing in an annual income of $1 billion USD. They’re divided into:

1039 textiles
932 porters
567 leather
498 embroidery
722 recycling
111 restaurants
Thousands of boutiques.

and this thoughtful ending..with some sombre thoughts from salman khan, who was her tour guide..

Salman chatted to us some more before departing. “My dream is to own an Audi but I know not to rely on that to make me happy. My boss, the tour company owner, told me that I’ll only want something else after a while.”

Ain’t that the truth! There are indeed important life lessons to be learned from visiting Dharavi.

Dear K,

From Mahim west station Dharavi is far away. You can just enter Dharavi only from Sion west. This whole blog is suspicious, in my view.

 

[Vaagmi]

/a-real-look-inside-dharavi-slum-in-mumbai

sharell is a white australian, who one day, packed up from down under, came to india, married an indian and now settled in mumbai.

i read her blog albeit irregularly. her insight of india, is interesting, without arrogance, but with a lot of candor. and always with wonderment and joy. never to mince words, she can be as feisty as any of our mamis, and give it good, for people whom she thinks break the rules - mainly folks who cut in the que or are victims of political apathy.

here is an interesting two hour organized tour of asia's largest slum, that is dharavi. an eye opener this one.

To further dispel any notion of poverty stricken people miserable in squalor, Salman began quoting astonishing numbers to me. In Dharavi, there are a total of 4,902 production units bringing in an annual income of $1 billion USD. They’re divided into:

1039 textiles
932 porters
567 leather
498 embroidery
722 recycling
111 restaurants
Thousands of boutiques.

and this thoughtful ending..with some sombre thoughts from salman khan, who was her tour guide..

Salman chatted to us some more before departing. “My dream is to own an Audi but I know not to rely on that to make me happy. My boss, the tour company owner, told me that I’ll only want something else after a while.”

Ain’t that the truth! There are indeed important life lessons to be learned from visiting Dharavi.

Not a word about the all pervading stink of human excreta that starts right from Mahim and chases you untill you cross Matunga Road. Not a word about the dominant tamil population. Not a word about the criminals there. It is too good to believe. I know that place. It is not what it is made out to be here. Small Industries-yes. Amity between religions-yes. The zopdapatties are not as clean as made out here. There are many other things which have not been covered here. It is an incomplete presentation.